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A review of the Southern Oscillation - Oceanic-atmospheric circulation changes and related rainfall anomaliesThe region of South America is emphasized in the present consideration of the Southern Oscillation (SO) oceanic and atmospheric circulation changes. The persistence of climate anomalies associated with El Nino-SO events is due to strong atmosphere-ocean coupling. Once initiated, the SO follows a certain sequence of events with clearly defined effects on tropical and subtropical rainfall. Excessive rainfall related to the SO in the central and eastern Pacific, Peru, Ecuador, and southern Brazil, are complemented by drought in Australia, Indonesia, India, West Africa, and northeast Brazil. El Nino-SO events are also associated with dramatic changes in the tropospheric flow pattern over a broad area of both hemispheres.
Document ID
19850038074
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kousky, V. E.
(Utah, University Salt Lake City, UT; Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Kagano, M. T.
(Utah Univ. Salt Lake City, UT, United States)
Cavalcanti, I. F. A.
(Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Tellus, Series A - Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
Volume: 36A
ISSN: 0280-6495
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
85A20225
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-82-19198
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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